Joe DiMaggio on What's My Line

[uhohwhoops]

why was joe so famous? besides baseball..... (hence the statue/street named after him in ny)

[deeniemarie7]

Joltin Joe was the epitomy of class and grace. There's no one like him today nor will there ever be.

[vintagezigg]

What a great Face ! A real star !

[MsIthinkthereforeIam]

Un altro grande italiano! Ciao Joe!

[Dietpepsivanilla]

Joe is parrt of baseball's Mount Rushmore. The other three are Ruth, Gehrig and Mantle.

[stickstr8up]

Wow...Did you see how Arlene and Dorothy were drooling over him when he was saying goodbye to the panel?!? What was it about him that made all these women (including the hottest of them all--Marilyn) so wet whenever he was around them???

[DavidKalafatis]

Joe Dimaggio was my uncle and i adore him to this day

[festivelady826]

@DavidKalafatis Lucky you! He was the handsomest, most charismatic man that ever lived. There will never be another ball player like Joe, nor anyone who could draw a crowd like him. God, how I miss him! XOXO from Texas

[HomesliceDrummer]

That's pim. joltin Joe was a G!!

[ToniAqua]

joe is the best, he was so good to marilyn

[cleancab]

Joe was a great player, but he could be a very cold person. He insisted that he always be announced as "The Greatest Living Player" at all NY Yankees old timers games.

[charliepoveromo]

Guys like this, we're REAL ball-players.

[fukOsamazMama]

Thank you for serving in the army Joe D.

[tomitstube]

i'm guessing they never got marilyn.

the fascinating thing about dimaggio to me is he only played 13 years. he would have definitely been huge in new york during this era.

[NickInfante92]

one of the greatest legends in baseball history. he is the 9 time World Series champion in 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951.

[RonaldReaganRocks1]

Mr. DiMaggio would be repulsed by all the swearing and vulgarities in today's America.

[andyastro1]

i know his nephew....

[ludaXkillz]

racist ass hole.

[mikeybirch]

What a handsome man! Class and charm :)

[jamsid33]

@mikeybirch u talkin about me?

[mikeybirch]

@jamsid33 If your as charming and dapper as the late mr dimaggio yes im talking about you lol

[metallicaX100]

just one of 130million men who had sex with marilyn monroe

[slayerrules114]

It's so awesome that Marilyn Monroe married him, it shows that she wasn't at all superficial. lol

[sluggo06]

What do you think happens after we die?

[mrdremrnwa]

anyone else think its strange at the end how the men get up to shake his hand but the women stay sitting?

[festivelady826]

@mrdremrnwa That was considered proper etiquette at the time - still is.

[49jubilee]

oops I didn't know that Joe DiMaggio didn't graduate from Alhambra High School in Martinez, where he's from. Martinez still has a small town atmosphere and they have a tradition. Every Homecoming, they close down Main street and have a big parade; I asked someone when the tradition started and they said after WW2. I don't know, but i think Di Maggio 'may 'have started it. I ve heard of other small towns that don't have this tradition

[49jubilee]

@49jubilee (cont) his family used to have a bakery on main street. Although the bakery isn't there anymore, you could still see the old sign

[Kubikiri1]

He writes in Monotype Corsiva, so fucking cool

[eblancor]

What did she say about Eisenhower and Monroe?

[theHeliosphan1]

I wish I knew him at that time, i'd have his children.

[Aidooosh]

he's very very cute...

[NYCrooner1]

It's unfortunate when the panel doesn't even pretend to not know who it is. They are notorious for knowing who would be on the show or at least in town.

[wiedep]

it's not often that you can see him so open and animated in public.

[LGLG69]

@wiedep yeah, he was very private and shy.

[MariIynMonroe]

That's my man. =)

[MrLasider]

Mystery Guest says it all ..No one in the world , really knew him ...His kids said "they never knew him ..Great talent ...who playing baseball today has 1/10th his class ?..but strange man

[colbymercury]

Joe was great, but Stan Musial was better. Just look at the numbers. If Stan would have played in New York he might have got more credit.

[bluebear1985]

It's still quite amazing that his 56-game hitting streak from the 1941 season still stands as a record to this day. It will likely stand for many more years to come.

[softshoes]

He's a dunker.

[ClassicsWEREandARE]

I agree how did they get him so quick!!

[H0U5T0N3TX]

nice handwriting...and he was using chalk too

[balladesque]

Aw, he's so cute! I love his voice! :D

[pinkshrimp]

How did they get his name so quick? 0__0

[ChaiTeaaddict1]

Aww! SO cute! This is the first time i've ever heard him talk! He sounds like such a well-rounded kind guy. No wonder Marilyn loved him so much. =D

[obiwanobiwan13]

"Are you a Yonkee?"

LOL

I'm a Mets fan... but EVERYONE just HAS to love the Babe, Lou, and Joltin' Joe...

Joe was hilarious here... amazing, as he was so shy, he seems so outgoing here... but so shy... and so proud...

Go Joe- just like Ted Williams, better than ANY hitter today!

[badtown88]

Ted Williams is better than any hitter today. Joe DiMaggio, not necessarily. And I'm a Yankees fan. But I do believe a few players are better than Joltin Joe right now.

[calalilygirl]

Love the way Dorothy says YANKEE.

[decem10ber]

Marilyn spoke fondly of Joe's bat.:)

[mikeybirch]

@decem10ber Marilyn said he was really hung

[redwardsw3gus]

fuck you yeauxxx

[yeauxxx]

Joe D was the most overrated player of his time.

[798389]

Pure class.

[gvalley07]

Not one "ya know" came out of this man. Gracious and elegant. Probably the greatest all-round baseball player ever. His father wanted him to be a fisherman and the Chicago Cubs passed on him as being too injured to play. Kramer saw him at Dinky Donuts. RIP Joe

[Chickenman702]

R.I.P Joe!

[HowardOfOz3565]

where have you gone Joe DiMaggio?, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you

[khtx]

@HowardOfOz3565 whoo whoo whoo

[ameroux]

What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson? Joltin' Joe has left and gone away, hey hey hey . . .

[bjarnelee]

He spoke so well. He wasnt some mucho 1950s man. No wonder Marilyn saw something in him he had a personality.

[Hunterunc]

Yes, for once you can see the boyish charm that must have melted Monroe's heart. Thanks for posting.

[smaher39]

the only time the women stood to shake hands was when Eleanor Roosevelt was on.

[HowardOfOz3565]

incorrect, there were maybe a dozen times all told, for exceptional guests

[MisterEvasion]

Although the marriage was a disaster, it turned out he was a better as friendly guardian of Marilyn Monroe. He did a lot of interviews on TV, but not once did I ever hear him talk about her.

[moogamax]

Wow! I'd always thought Joe D. was the coldest fish in the world. Yet here he is, talking in goofy voices and making jokes. Amazing. Thanks for posting this.

[cheyenne86]

What a great voice, what a great man

[gocatgo74123]

The BEST EVER!!! No one else comes close!

[socomoddjob]

wow fantastic footage of joe d, thanks.

[peck4111]

joe d the best there ever was

[gradam]

interesting how the two men stand up to shake his hand and the two ladies remain seated.

[wartenberg7]

Yes. But this was quite normal these days and I was taught by my grandma the same way. So I find it quite irritating these days to see ladies gettin´up when men want to shake their hands....

[OaklandWhiteElephant]

Dames, whaddya gonna do? *shrugs*

[blaine76]

Joe Dimaggio...the great one!!!!

[holly9428]

XDXD

[rhodeisland95]

I am a die-hard Red Sox fan, but wouldn't it be great if we could have just one athlete nowadays with the class of Joe DiMaggio. Wish I'd been around to see him play.

[geekgirl310]

He seems like a handsome man if only every man was like him the "sluger".

[nyyanksrdbest]

This was just on before

[BobbyDobby]

Why you want him to beat you?

[ghostgal30e]

Use to watch the show every week 5***** G.G.

[ElTiant]

This was a great show!!!

[agmoose]

The contention that DiMaggio had very few friends is ridiculous. He was extremely personable and quite well liked by an enormous number of people. Just ask anyone who ever encountered him in San Francisco after his retirement from baseball.

[notphilivey]

DiMaggio...never another. Greatness personified. RIP.

[mickeymantle7777]

This video is wonderful, I'm glad I found it!!! Thankyou

[mickeymantle7777]

This video is wonderful, I'm glad I found it!!! Thankyou

[rachel995]

Marilyn and Dimaggio relationship was complicated, he beated her up for jealousy, but he stand by her side all her life, even after the divorce, always helping her whenever she was in danger. After her death he cultivated hate for Frank Sinatra and the Kenedy family and blamed then for her tragic death. He never maried anyone else, his last words were "I'll finally see Marilyn again". He was a great man, had class. Everyone makes mistakes when they love too much.

[DiMagRocks]

I agree. He wanted to possess her, but he never could. It caused him to do regrettable things.

[phillybrazilian]

amazingly eloquent man

[Ulysses61]

Joe was not "class off the field." He beat the hell out of Marilyn.

[iijjllss1]

joe came to chicago back in the 80s and was the grand marshall for the columbus day parade he came out to ohare and was boarding a flt sfo what a great gentlemen he was we talked about our sicillian heritage and about baseball he especially liked bill skowron from the yankees he told me he was his kinda ball player it is so sad that joes son had died so soon after him

[ufund]

DiMaggio, class on the field and off. Whats funny is how well spoken athletes of older generations were. DiMaggio never finished high school. Compare him to some of the nit wits athletes of today who attended college and have trouble speaking in complete sentences. And Fred Allen was a gem.

[airjor1]

I feel that attending college will not guarantee that a student will become a good speaker. You can't judge someone's intelligence, by the way they speak, or write.

[ufund]

I agree that simply attending college will not improve a students ability to speak. However, how someone speaks and more importantly writes IS OFTEN a reflection of how they think.

[airjor1]

I somewhat disagree with you again. Because you may have an individual who is a sharp thinker, but have a difficult time in expressing their views. Your going to always have exceptions in very category of life, so its wise to keep an open mind about a person intelligence, and their behavior.

[ufund]

Fair enough.

[LewAyres]

Yes, there are always exceptions, but that's an extremely broad statement. Generally, I think expression is a component of intelligence.

[airjor1]

A piece of a component.

[LewAyres]

Well, piece kind of means component. I'd maintain that an intelligence that cannot be expressed in any effective manner is of little use to anyone.

[airjor1]

It depends on who your dealing with.

[mortysand]

Fred Allen gets the best line off at the end. "I have a pair of shoes in his store."

[ffa14]

Facinating video clip because Di-M liked nothing more than to put his feet up in front of the t.v. with a beer EVEN WHEN he was married to Marilyn Monroe.

Would YOU do that if you had married M-M?!!.

[auntbecky]

From what I understand he was really terrible to Marylin.

[tjbnyc76]

Wow. Don't really know much about DiMaggio, really, but he impressed me here--very well spoken, dapper, charming, and displayed a nice sense of humor. You just TRY finding a major sports star on television with half that amount of class.

[AndresHerrera15]

@tjbnyc76 So true, people nowadays just want to act cool and use slang that rap artist's use. I guess we are having major identity crisis its a shame people cant be themselves

[nerdflanders8710]

@tjbnyc76 Mike Tyson.  Oj simpson

[JubalCalif]

@tjbnyc76

I second that emotion! I've never been much of a sports fan...but have always loved how well dressed & dapper Joe was! And what a great voice! Though usually a very private man of few words, he was a CLASS act all the way! :)

[Gonzalodfr]

@tjbnyc76 I found one: Pau Gasol :)

[mariejeanfrancis]

@tjbnyc76 Most men of that era had class. They were brought up that way. Sadly men today are mostly boys in adult bodies.

[lXxMasterShakexXl]

@mariejeanfrancis thats because that era had more rules less freedoms women had class then too.today technology and freedom and the media corrupts some girls today won't even allow a guy to open a door for them because they feel as they are seen as weak and unable to do so.Then you could be a gentlemen and expect a positive reaction today you can be an asshole and get the girl and the guy who is nice be alone.

[serpentisma]

@tjbnyc76 i know you wrote your comment three years ago about joe dimaggio, but i thought you might like at least one piece of trivia: after separating from marilyn monroe, and after her separation from arthur miller, joe was the one who tried to look after her mental well-being. after she died, he was so heart-broken, he sent a half dozen roses to her grave three times a week for the next twenty years, and refused to exploit their relationship, and never talked about her in public again....

[skipplet]

@tjbnyc76 You'll still find them in baseball.